Fátima Fernández Cano (born 23 October 1995) is a Spanish

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and member of the

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Early life, amateur and college career

Cano was born in

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, Spain. As a junior player, Cano won the Galicia Championships in 2005. She played college golf at

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between 2013 and 2017. While at Troy, she was the

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individual champion her freshman year. During her junior season in 2016, she finished the season ranked as the #5 player in the NCAA, receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA Regional Qualifier. That same year, she was named

Golfer of the Year. She graduated from Troy with a bachelor's degree in business, as one of the best players in Troy and Sun Belt Conference history.

Professional career

In 2018, Cano turned professional and joined the

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. In August 2020, she won her first professional event, the

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in California. She finished second in the Race for the Card behind Ana Belac to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2021 season. In 2021, she was only able to start in one

event, the

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where she finished T32, as COVID-19 froze the priority list. Instead she kept playing on the Symetra Tour, where she recorded 10 top-10 finishes including runner-up results at the

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, Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout and the

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. She again finished second in the Race for the Card, this time behind Lilia Vu, to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2022 season. On her way to win the Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic in March 2022, she carded a 61 in round three, to tied the lowest score in

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history.

Amateur wins

*2014 Sun Belt Conference Tournament, Chris Banister Classic *2015 John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate, Chris Banister Classic *2016 Kiawah Island Intercollegiate, Samford Intercollegiate, Henssler Financial Intercollegiate, Rebel Intercollegiate Source:

Professional wins (2)

Epson Tour wins (2)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Spain):

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez Cano, Fatima Spanish female golfers Troy Trojans athletes LPGA Tour golfers Sportspeople from Santiago de Compostela 1995 births Living people 21st-century Spanish women 21st-century Spanish people